The U.S. will deploy up to six nuclear-capable B-52 Stratofortress bombers to a remote Australian airbase in a move experts say is aimed directly at China, a report Monday details.
The bombers are part of a much larger upgrade of defence assets across northern Australia, including a major expansion of the Pine Gap intelligence base, which would play a vital role in any conflict with Beijing.
Another B-2 flew to Amberley in March while Admiral John Aquilino, head of US Indo-Pacific command, was on a week-long visit to the country. File/A United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber stationed at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, lands at Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin on 28 January 2014.
Asked when the B-52s would begin their deployment at Tindal, Australia’s Department of Defence declined to comment.
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